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Vanessa is the first to volunteer when something needs to be done at school. An outgoing third grade student, she is a lot of fun and a natural leader. She loves clothes and wants to be a fashion designer when she grows up. Vanessa recently gave a PowerPoint presentation on styles of dress in African countries and decided she likes public speaking. It's hard to imagine anything scares her. But, she admits, she used to be scared of reading books aloud in class. A bright and capable student, Vanessa struggles with dyslexia—and it used to undermine her confidence in reading and writing. Fortunately, Vanessa's parents and first grade teacher recognized the dyslexia early, and an accessibility consultant helped find a software program that helps Vanessa read text in class and at home. Vanessa's laptop is now outfitted with a reading and writing software program. The program highlights text as it reads the text aloud, and includes a talking dictionary, phonetic spell-checking, word-prediction, and homophone support to address key aspects of reading and writing processes. The software has helped Vanessa focus on her strengths and her teacher and parents have noticed she is starting to overcome her fear of reading aloud. In addition, she has turned on features in the Windows Vista Ease of Access Center to help her focus on tasks, and she sometimes uses a headset to block out background noise. Vanessa's school integrates children with learning and physical impairments in all the classrooms and works to ensure students have the right technology, and teachers have the skills they need to teach students with a variety of learning styles. Vanessa is thriving at school now and has developed a learning and fashion and style all her own.
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